Editorial by Joanna Krasodomska, Nadia Albu, Anna Szychta

“…Starting in 2012, this marks the 13th thematic issue of ZTR in English. The papers featured in this issue focus on the theme of sustainable development. …”
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Penerapan Tanda Tangan Digital pada Gambar Formulir C1.Plano-KWK di Pilkada Sulawesi Selatan by Rachmawan Atmaji Perdana, Dhika Rizki Anbiya, Andrari Grahitandaru

“…This has been implemented in South Sulawesi Regional Election on June 27 2018 by cooperation between Agency of Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) and Election Commission (KPU) of South Sulawesi Province and City of Makassar. This paper only describes about the technologies which are used in digital signing process. …”
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Analysis of Dental Enamel Surface Submitted to Fruit Juice Plus Soymilk by Micro X-Ray Fluorescence: In Vitro Study by Janaína Salmos Brito, Alexandrino Santos Neto, Luciano Silva, Rebeca Menezes, Natália Araújo, Vanda Carneiro, Lara Magalhães Moreno, Jéssica Miranda, Pâmella Álvares, Giselle Nevares, Felipe Xavier, José Alcides Arruda, Ricardo Bessa-Nogueira, Natanael Santos, Gabriela Queiroz, Ana Paula Sobral, Márcia Silveira, Diana Albuquerque, Marleny Gerbi

“…Objective. This paper aimed to analyze the in vitro industrialized fruit juices effect plus soy to establish the erosive potential of these solutions. …”
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Vision-based manipulation of transparent plastic bags in industrial setups by F. Adetunji, F. Adetunji, A. Karukayil, A. Karukayil, P. Samant, P. Samant, S. Shabana, S. Shabana, F. Varghese, F. Varghese, U. Upadhyay, U. Upadhyay, R. A. Yadav, R. A. Yadav, A. Partridge, E. Pendleton, R. Plant, Y. R. Petillot, Y. R. Petillot, M. Koskinopoulou, M. Koskinopoulou

“…IntroductionThis paper addresses the challenges of vision-based manipulation for autonomous cutting and unpacking of transparent plastic bags in industrial setups, contributing to the Industry 4.0 paradigm. …”
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Modelling of the closed equilibrium system H2O–(CO2)W–CaCO3–NaH2PO4 for wastewater treatment applications by Ivar Zekker, Oleg Artemchuk, Ergo Rikmann, Kalev Uiga, Laura Daija, Faysal-Al Mamun, Andrejs E. Krauklis, Ruta Ozola-Davidane, Taavo Tenno, Toomas Tenno†

“…Wastewater treatment ap plications represent critical areas where fundamental models of phosphorus equilibria, prevalent in municipal and reject water streams, are essential. This paper focuses on studying the closed equilibrium system H2Oâ(CO2)WâCaCO3âNaH2PO4, elucidating the structural distribution of ions and mol ecules within this system. …”
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Proposal and Strategy for Nursing-Led Research: Protocol for an Unfunded Clinical Trial by Leticia Carmen Simón-López, Ismael Ortuño-Soriano, Raquel Luengo-González, Paloma Posada-Moreno, Ignacio Zaragoza-García, Rubén Sánchez-Gómez

“…ObjectiveThe purpose of this paper was to describe our case regarding management for conducting a nonfunded nurse-led clinical trial based on our previous low-interventional clinical trial across a specific health organization and with nurses. …”
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The Language-Learning Potential of Writing for Learners of Spanish: Languaging and Task Complexity in Foreign Language Writing by Marcela Ruiz-Funes

“…These indicated that the learners were involved in languaging processes, mainly with a focus on lexis followed by form, yet with some variation depending on task demands and level of proficiency of the learner. The paper ends with a discussion of the benefits and challenges of the methodological approach employed. …”
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LE COLLOCAZIONI N-ADJ DELL’ITALIANO ACCADEMICO PARLATO. UN’INDAGINE CORPUS-BASED by Diana Peppoloni

“…A corpus-based study This paper focuses on a lexical aspect of academic spoken Italian language that is particularly relevant for foreign learners, namely collocations. …”
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Experimental study and gyrokinetic simulations of isotope effects on core heat transport in JET tokamak deuterium and tritium plasmas by D. Brioschi, P. Mantica, A. Mariani, N. Bonanomi, E. Delabie, J. Garcia, N. Hawkes, I. Jepu, D. Keeling, E. Lerche, E. Litherland-Smith, C.F. Maggi, S. Menmuir, G. Szepesi, D. Taylor, D. Van Eester, JET Contributors

“…This paper presents a study on the dependence of the ion temperature stiffness on the plasma main ion isotope mass in JET ITER-like wall and C wall discharges. …”
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The role of the Hygiene Department of Stephen Bathory University in the development and promotion of Public Health in Vilnius in the years 1922–1939 by Aistis Žalnora

“…Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to reveal the theoretical patterns of hygiene and public health established by the hygienists of the Vilnius Hygiene Department as well as the attempts to apply them in practice. …”
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Research Progress of Intelligent Evaluation and Virtual Reality Based Training in Upper Limb Rehabilitation afrer Stroke by XIE Qiurong, LIN Wanqi, ZHANG Qi, SHENG Bo, ZHANG Yanxin, HUANG Jia

“…In addition, systems developed using markerless sensing technology with high accuracy (Microsoft Azure Kinect and Leap Motion Controller devices) are inexpensive, portable, and suitable for community or home scenarios. This paper reviews the current research progress of VR training devices and intelligent assessment systems for upper limbs in stroke and the limitations of existing devices. …”
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Meteorological Anomalies During Earthquake Preparation: A Case Study for the 1995 Kobe Earthquake (M = 7.3) Based on Statistical and Machine Learning-Based Analyses by Masashi Hayakawa, Shinji Hirooka, Koichiro Michimoto, Stelios M. Potirakis, Yasuhide Hobara

“…The purpose of this paper is to discuss the effect of earthquake (EQ) preparation on changes in meteorological parameters. …”
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Recent plastic technologies development of basal texture control to improve the property of wrought Mg alloys-a review by Xiaoyu Feng, Lifei Wang, Xiang Chen, Kunkun Deng, Xiao Wang, Liuwei Zheng, Hongxia Wang, Qiang Zhang, Ho Kwon, Bin Xing, Kwang Seon Shin

“…The continued action of non-basal slip concurrently enhances plasticity.The present paper provides a comprehensive overview of the texture regulation technology and mechanism of Mg alloy subjected to shear strain and torsional deformation, including extrusion, rolling, and bending. …”
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Geometrical Distances of Extragalactic Binaries through Spectroastrometry by Yu-Yang Songsheng, Jian-Min Wang, Yuan Cao, XueFei Chen, JianPing Xiong, Zhi-Xiang Zhang, Rong-Gen Cai

“…The growing “Hubble tension” has prompted the need for precise measurements of cosmological distances. This paper demonstrates a purely geometric approach for determining the distances to extragalactic binaries through a joint analysis of spectroastrometry (SA), radial velocity (RV), and light-curve (LC) observations. …”
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Negative effects of adverse childhood experiences and absence of positive childhood experiences on healthcare employees: survey findings built on 10 years of trauma-informed develo... by Laneita Williamson, Laneita Williamson, Stephanie S. Daniel, Jennifer Carter, Adam Ridenhour, Camila A. Pulgar, Yasmin Gay, Beata Debinski

“…This study sought to describe the prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs) and their association with present-day workplace and wellbeing outcomes among a sample of healthcare teammates overall, as well as specifically among nurses. The paper also describes local trauma-informed care initiatives that supported study feasibility.MethodsCross-sectional online survey data were collected in conjunction with promoting hospital-wide trauma-informed care training opportunities on two campuses that are part of an academic health system. …”
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Advancements in hazardous gases detection: Using dual structures of photonic crystal fiber-based sensor by Pratishtha Pandey, Sapana Yadav, Adarsh Chandra Mishra, D.K. Dwivedi, Pooja Lohia, R.K. Yadav, Upendra Kulshrestha, Vipin Kumar, Prabhu Paramasivam, R. Bousbih, M. Khalid Hossain

“…This paper presents a comparative analysis of two distinct nonlinear elliptical hollow-core photonic crystal fiber (PCF) based sensors designed for the detection of three gaseous analytes, namely CCl4 (n = 1.461), SnCl4 (n = 1.5086) and C10H16 (n = 1.472). …”
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A flood resilience assessment method of green-grey-blue coupled urban drainage system considering backwater effects by Yue Liu, Xiang Zhang, Jie Liu, Yao Wang, Haifeng Jia, Shiyong Tao

“…However, a comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness of green-grey-blue infrastructure in enhancing urban flood resilience remains insufficient. This paper proposes an improved global resilience analysis (GRA) method to quantify the effectiveness of green-grey-blue infrastructure in flood resilience and the feedback relationships between influencing factors. …”
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Design of an Ultra Compact 180-Degree Ring Coupler With Harmonic Suppression Using Composite Lines for Modern RF Systems by Saeed Roshani, Farid Zubir, Mohsen Karimi, Muhammad Akmal Chaudhary, Maher Assaad, Fawwaz Hazzazi, Noorlindawaty Md Jizat, Sobhan Roshani

“…This paper presents lumped reactive capacitors and inductors to create a compact filtering hybrid ring coupler (HRC) with a broad suppression band. …”
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Fiber-optic system for monitoring stability of quarry slopes by P. Sh. Madi, А. D. Аlkina, A. V. Yurchenko, A. D. Mekhtiyev, R. Zh. Aimagambetova

“…This paper presents issues related to the development of a system for monitoring the displacement of the mountain range leading to the collapse of the sides of the quarry. …”
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Alpha and Theta Oscillations Associated With Behavioral Phenotypes of Pain–Attention Interaction by Nikou Kelardashti, Benjamin T. Dunkley, Rima El‐Sayed, Vaidhehi Veena Sanmugananthan, Junseok Andrew Kim, Natalie Rae Osborne, Joshua C. Cheng, Anton Rogachov, Rachael L. Bosma, Ariana E. Besik, Karen Deborah Davis

“…Although previous MRI‐based studies have linked these phenotypes with the dynamic pain connectome (DPC), the underlying neural oscillations are not known. This paper aims to examine the brain–behavior relationship between alpha and theta oscillations within nodes of the DPC and pain–attention phenotypes. …”
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